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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE F. RICHARDSON, OF UTIOA, NEW YORK, A'SSIGNOR OE ONE-HALF TO THE UTIOA FURNITURE COMPANY, (LIMITED,) OF SAME PLACE.

FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,758, dated September 19, 1882.

Application filed July 7, (No model.)

To alt yttf/10m it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. Rien/inn SON, ot' Utica, in the county ot Oneida, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Furniture, ot which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying' drawings, is a full, clear, and

exact description.

The object ot' this invention is to supply the furniture trade with a style of bedstead which shall be simple and cheapin construction, convenient for transportation, and afford advantages not found in any style of furniture hitherto introdncedin the market.

The invention consists chieiiy in forming the bedstead of skeleton frames and panels composed of textile fabric or other pliable material connected with said frames, as hereinafter more fully described. 4

lt also consists in a novel construction of said frames, which allows the same to be readily taken apart for convenience of transportation, and as readily set up for use, when desired; and it also consists in the combination, .with the aforesaid frames, of certain devices for bracing the structure and for applying thereto the desired finish, all as hereinafter fully described, and speeilically set forth in the l claims.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is aperspective view of the frame of a bedstead embodying my invention; Fig. 2, aview showing thesamecoi1iplete,with therequisitetrimmings. Fig. 3 shows the bedstead in a folded position; and Fig. et is a detail view ot' the ends of the cross-rails, illustrating` the means of connecting the same to the posts of the bedstead to form the frame of the foot-board and the headboard. K

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. g

P P and P P represent the corner-posts of a bedstead,respectively, at the head and foot thereof. Each pair of said posts, at the ends of the bedstead, are connected respectively at or near the top and bottom of the posts by cross-plates or tie-rails A B, which are detachably connected thereto by means of hooks h,

' secured to the ends of the tie-rails and en gaging with suitable interlocking devices on the posts. The posts P P and tie-rails A B forni a skeleton frame, having a central opening, which I till with drapery D, detachably connected to theaforesaid skeleton frame. Said connection may consist of hooks or buttons attached to the frame and rings or eyes in the edges of the drapery, or any other contrivances, as may bedesired, the object beingto allow the drapery to he readily removed for repairs or renewal, as Well as for heilig folded for transportation. 6o

E E denote the side rails of the bedstead,con nected with the posts by any of the well-known .so-called bedstead-fastenings. These rails l secure to the posts near the feet thereof, and lay the slats S on top of said rails, so as to getV the benefit of all the strength of'the rails and ample bearing for the ends of the slats. By means of dowel-pins passing` vertically through the ends of the slats and into the top of the side rails the former are. secured in their posi- 7o tion and the latter are braced laterally, so as to elfectually prevent their spreading apart. To the end of the side rail, preferably on the onter side thereof, I attach vertically or transversely a pla-te, a, of sufficient length to project above and below the side rail, and form a long bearing on the'post, to which said side rail is joined, the edge of the plate a being for that purpose made iiush with the end of the side rail. By applying the extra plate a to the 8o side rail with the grain of the former vertical or at right angles to the latter, I dispense with the usual vertical extension ofthe ends of the side rails, which is liable to split ott'. Beside this, I o btain a hold on thel post below the side rail, as wellas above the same. In order to render the plate eself-adjustingin its bearing on the post, and to also admit of readily folding the plate e on the side rail when detached from the post, I connect said plate to the side 9o rail by a single bolt or screw, r, which serves as a pivot on which the plate a can turn to conform to the face of the post when the side rail is connected thereto, and to lie parallel andcompactlyuponthesiderailWbendetached 55 from the post. b represents an elastic cord, extended the length of the sideY rail above the same, and-consisting preferably either of a straight wire connected to the side of the bedstead or upper portion of the plate a, before Ioo mentioned, by aspring or eiastic band on the end of said Wire, or of a wire coiled throughout its length. On this cord or wire I hang a valance or suitable drapery, C, shown only on one side of the bedstead in Fig. l of the drawings, said valance extending the length ofthe bedstead and below the side rail, E, so as to completely cover the exterior side thereof, thereby allowing me to use cheap material for saidl side rail. The object of the elastic feature ofthe cord b is to allow a person to sit upon the side of tbe bed withoutinconvenience to the person, and at the Sametime throw the weight upon the side rail, E, which, for the reason before set forth, I may make of any material and size withoutali'ectingthe appearance ofthe furniture. l

The i'oot or foot-board of the bed I construct similar to the headboard-i. e., of posts connected by detachable tie-rails and trimmed or furnished with drapery, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings-thus obtaining a bedstead which is simple and cheap in construction, and at'the same time ornamental, easily repaired and remodeled in its trimmings, and readily folded into acompact compass torconvenient transportation.

Having'described my invention, whatl claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. As a new article of manufacture, a bedtween and connected to said parts, substantially as described.

3. The combination', with the side rail, E, of 4o the end brace, a, secured transversely to the side thereotand bearing on the face of the post both above and below the side rail, substantiallyas described and shown,for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with the side rails, E,

'of the plate a, pivoted on said side rail, substantially as and for the purpose set forth and shown.

5. The combination, with the side rail, E, of the plate a, pivoted thereon, and the wire b, elastically connected to the upper part of said plate, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereot'I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal, in the presence ot' two attesting witnesses, at Utica, in the county of Oneida, in the State of New York, this 30th day of May, 1882.

GEO. F. RICHARDSON.

Witnesses:

G. H. DUELL, P. F. KUGAR. 

